1984, Science-Fiction or Reality

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…control the thoughts and actions of others and, therefore, the present. If George Orwell was correct, then he who controls the present controls the past and he who controls the past controls the future. We must never let that much power fall into the hands of a single man or group. We must always be able to do what we want to do and think independently and we should always be free to know that 2+2=4.